#also Miss Anita Driver is too funny to exist to me

[rickybaby]

https://www.tumblr.com/f1-obsessed333/725897552533274624/longer-version-of-the-clip-i-posted-before-of-dax?source=share

Nooo I am so embaressed for him

(eff won)

I mean it is easy to find this funny and sure, Daniel’s first reaction was to be baffled and laugh, but at some point we’ve got to draw a line (especially in light of all the recent reactions to drivers and their significant others). I don’t mean to be hypocritical because I do read fanfics and indulge in them, and I am sure most celebrities are aware of fanfics being written about them, but there’s the understanding that they stay in a confined space. No fanfic writer is out there publishing their stories and promoting it on easily accessible platforms (as Miss Driver did on TikTok) and making money off it.

People forget that these people have lives beyond what they decide to share with us and a lot of the things we think we know about them are just us simply projecting onto them. Like Anita Driver finds Charles and Lance cute, so she’ll write a cutesy children storybook about them, but she finds Daniel hot and will write smut about him. Yeah, it’s funny if Daniel’s romantic partner looks the book up and reads a few things out to him, but it must be deeply embarrassing (and we all know what type of things is written in that book) if people who know him professionally or god forbid his parents (because apparently it makes a great gift for mum) come across that. Pretty sure Daniel has a strong case of unauthorised use of his name and likeness if he wants to sue, which wouldn’t be too surprising if CAA decides to do so.

Even Dax sending Daniel this doesn’t sit right with me. Like I love the tidbits that Dax shares about Daniel, but lately it’s starting to feel a bit too … exploitative. Sure he asked for Daniel’s permission when he shared the previous voicemail wishing Kristen happy birthday and even in this one, he says it’s for the podcast and by answering back, Daniel is aware this will end up on a public forum. But at some point, i can’t help but feel it’ll start to feel like he is only mining that friendship for content?